Fence-post and socket therefor.



PATENTED APE. 2, 1907 W. L. WEE E. FENCE POST AND SOCKET THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1906.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE WELCH, or JAMAICA,- NEW YORK.

FENCE-POST AND sooKET THseEFos.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed March 3'l,1906. Serial No. 309,174.

Toall whom it may concern: I Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LA R NCE ELoH, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Jamaica, in the county of and State of New York, have inve Improved Post and Socket Thez which the following is a specification.

My inyeptionis an improvement in that class of posts in which the post proper is supported in a metal or other socket fixed in the ground by cement or otherwise.

parts are as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a side view of the post proper, together with a socket therefor, shown set in concrete or cement in the ground. Fig. 2 a longitudinal section ofthe socket with the post proper inserted therein. Fig. 3-is an outside view of the post-socket with the cover closed.

4 A indicates the body or upper portion of the post, which is provided at its upper end.

The de-. tails. of construction and combination of laterally and provided interiorly Wlth a beveled shoulder, thus forming a seat for the collar which exactly corresponds to it in shape. Such enlarged portion 1) not only serves to receive and support thepost firmly, but supports the socket B in the ground or in the cement in which it is preferably embedded, as

shown in the drawings. A cap b is provided for closing the opening in the socket B when the post A A" is absent. hinged at one side, and thus adapted to close,

as will be well understood. Itserves to exclude rain and dirt or other foreign substances. It will be understood that this cap willbe flush with or below the surface of the ground.

The post proper is particularly intended and adapted for use for attachment and en port of clothes-lines, and the latter may e conveniently'secured to or hung upon the cross-bar of the post proper. 1

The improved fence-post comprising the post proper havin a circular beveled collar located a suitable istancefromits lower end and'the metal socket having a cylindrical body and an enlar ed head provided interiorly with a bevele socket corresponding to Such cap is and forming a seat for the eoliar of the post proper as shown and described. 1

WILLIAM LAWRENCE W ELCll. I

Witnesses;

FRAN LIN H. (301mm, J12, H. M. n RONDE. 

